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... Visigoths settled in greatest num- bers in the more sparsely populated , largely pastoral north - central area of the peninsula , and were thereby isolated from the main social and economic centers of the Hispanic population . The ...
... Visigoths settled in greatest num- bers in the more sparsely populated , largely pastoral north - central area of the peninsula , and were thereby isolated from the main social and economic centers of the Hispanic population . The ...
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... Visigothic warrior aristocracy and the socioeconomic elite of Hispanic society . The Visigothic monarchy remained an elective institution , each new king nominally chosen or ratified by the aristocracy . The crown was assisted in ...
... Visigothic warrior aristocracy and the socioeconomic elite of Hispanic society . The Visigothic monarchy remained an elective institution , each new king nominally chosen or ratified by the aristocracy . The crown was assisted in ...
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... Visigothic aristocracy was unable to develop a unified , viable political system , it was nevertheless itself the beginning of the historic Hispanic master class . In this Visigothic caste the military aristocracy of the peninsula had ...
... Visigothic aristocracy was unable to develop a unified , viable political system , it was nevertheless itself the beginning of the historic Hispanic master class . In this Visigothic caste the military aristocracy of the peninsula had ...
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2 AlAndalus | 14 |
3 The Early Christian Principalities and | 31 |
Origins of the Kingdom of Asturias 32 Formation of the Pyrenean | 47 |
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